![]() ![]() *Quotes may not be available in all states or for all products. Navigating Your Business Through COVID-19.Safe Auto Minimizer was considered to be the touring partner for Pastrana 1, both of which, fittingly enough, had their final appearances at Monster Jam World Finals X.Interestingly, original driver Chad Tingler would become the driver of Grave Digger XIV the following year. During its debut season, Safe Auto Minimizer toured with Grave Digger XIV and Carl Van Horn.Safe Auto Minimizer's chassis was originally the PEI Little Tiger chassis used for a majority of the 2004 season, which in turn was previously Wolverine.World Finals X, Las Vegas, NV, Mar 27-28.World Finals IX, Las Vegas, NV, Mar 28-29.Kankakee, IL (Monsters on Mainstreet), Jul 21.World Finals VIII, Las Vegas, NV, Mar 24.Sylva, NC (Monsters on Mainstreet), Jul 1.World Finals VII, Las Vegas, NV, Mar 25.McDonald uses the chassis to run Verva in Chorzów, Poland, where it wins racing and it is also used as Nitro Circus in Belgium with Lee O’Donnell driving. McDonald would eventually move to the El Toro Loco team for the 2010 season, replacing Lupe Soza, with the Safe Auto chassis being converted into his El Toro Loco truck. However, the truck's chassis is used on the proceeding European Tour. Safe Auto is retired after the World Finals as Safe Auto Insurance drops its sponsorship with Monster Jam. The truck's last ever freestyle performance sees it finish in twentieth place. The truck gets its fourth and final World Finals appearance at World Finals X, where it makes it to the semi-finals of racing, its best performance at any World Finals event, but falls short of advancing into the championship race to Tom Meents and Maximum Destruction. Louis after performing a wild end-over-end rollover. Once again, McDonald performs strongly, finishing runner-up in freestyle at St. 2009 - Safe Auto Minimizer runs its final season.Safe Auto once again qualifies in the top eight, but loses in the quarter-finals for the third time and McDonald ties with Steve Sims for eleventh place in freestyle. McDonald performs strongly through the season, winning one of the freestyle events in Toronto and going on to compete at World Finals IX. 2008 - The Safe Auto company has a rebrand at the start of the year and as such, Safe Auto debuts a new paintjob, featuring a now mostly white paint scheme with blue and red flames.However, this portion was cut from the SPEED broadcast and only included on the DVD. McDonald notably performs a bonus freestyle after his run ends, predating the Bonus Time stipulation that was introduced the following year. McDonald places second in qualifying, but loses in the quarter-finals again and ties for third in freestyle with Linsey Weenk and Damon Bradshaw. 2007 - McDonald drives Safe Auto through the 2007 season and gets invited to compete in World Finals VIII for the second year in a row.McDonald and Safe Auto are invited to compete in World Finals VII, qualifying in the top eight for racing and making it to the quarter-finals and they would finish fourteenth in freestyle following a violent rollover at the end of the run. McDonald and the truck make their television debut in Atlanta, making it to the final round of racing only to lose to Tom Meents and Maximum Destruction. 2006 - Chad moves to the Grave Digger team and former crew chief and now rookie driver Marc McDonald takes over the driving duties for Safe Auto and remains its driver until the end of its lifespan. The truck gets a minor update with the tailgate now sporting the phone number of Safe Auto Insurance.Rod Schmidt would drive the truck in Moline. Chad campaigned Safe Auto Minimizer in arena shows through the 2005 season. 2005 - Safe Auto Minimizer debut on January 15 in Toronto, Ontario on the former Little Tiger chassis, with Ragin Steel driver Chad Tingler behind the wheel. At the time of the truck’s debut, it was originally branded as simply Safe Auto, with the phrase Play It Safe displayed on the rear side panels. Following the truck’s first event, it was rebranded as Safe Auto Minimizer with ' Play It Safe' now being displayed on the truck’s roof. ![]()
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